The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-02-20

= . =
where say that the Supreme Court OF
the United States will never sustain II.
The worst of it, however, is that before
the law can be thus tested great deaI
of harm will be done-harm that can
never, perhaps, be undone or repaired:
A little overtwo weeks will bring the
session 70 close. There is good deal
OF work that ought to be done, but1t is
more likely to be left undOne. The
usual crowding will commence in lew
DAYS. Night sessions will lie held, and
perhaps some undesirableEz legislation
will be pushed through in the hurry Of
the closing hours.
1t seems to be admitted on all hands
that the Senate has done we'll in appro-
prIating $4,000 900 to be expended
in the building of navy and in es-
tablishing some kind of coast de-
lenses. The great qut stion now
is, will the House of Representatives
concur in thisNaction of the Senate? If
it does Motif the Randall and Carlisle
wings do not FLAP together"-then
there may be
POSSIBILITY OF AN EXTRA SESSION
of the Ffftieth Congress being called
by the President to deal with the mat
ter. The country has certainly clam
ored enough in regard to reducing the
enormous surplus in the Treasury, and
one way to affect this seems to be the
building of coast defenses and a navy.
Not that twenty-oDe million dollars
will be enough 10 complete such
undertaking, but it will be
beginning, and that is what is wanted,
if public opinion indicates anything at
all. Mr. Randall, who is great leader,
had better arrange the matter in some
shape, and so had Mr. Carlisle. -1
The Speaker. notice, is very prom
inently mentioned as the successor of
Senator Beck. The latter is accused of
having gone in direct opposition to the
will of the people OF his State ken
tuckv) in securing the reappointment
of Mrs. Thompson as pOstmistress at
in securing the appoint
ment of a young and compare
lively unknown man as minister
to Peru, and in giving way to Q
good deal of Sct tch temper. 1t is
well known that Mr.. Carlisle has had
an eye on the Kentucky Senatorship
for some time, and there is chance of
getting there before very long. The
Speaker is a man of great political
a fine constitutional lawyer.
and would be an acquisition on the
floor of the upper house of Congress.
At the same time, Senator Beck is a
skilled politician, and if he is retired it
will be because he has given some very
mortal otfense to the political managers
Of his State.
SPEAKING OF THE SENATE,
the next term will find the two great
political parties almost equal. The SEN
ate as at present constituted numbers
Republicans and thirty-four
Dem ocrats-a majority of eight. If the
Democrats elect their candidates in New
Jersey and in West Virginias-they will
have gained four members. The loss of
Fair in Nevada makes their net gain
three, and hence the next term of the
Senate will stand thirty-nine Repub-
licans to thirty-seyen Democrats. If
of Virginia, should vote
with the Democrats, there will be tie.
The two parties so equally balanced
would ensure careful legislation.
With still further reference to the |
upper branch of the Natioaal Legisla- |
ture, everybody knows that the mem
bers thereof are very dignifed set of
gentlemen. Occasionally a spat of
words arises between Senator's, but it |
is very seldom. The Senator's are
more of